Nearly 70% of workers say that the biggest opportunity of automation lies in reducing time wasted on repetitive work.
Which repetitive tasks would workers most like to see automated? A recent study by McKinsey Global Institute found that there are three productivity killers that workers are eager to automate:
- Data Collection: Eliminate human error and manual data entry by automatically collecting, uploading, or syncing data into a system of record (55%).
- Approvals: Become more efficient by automating approvals, sign-offs, and confirmation requests (36%).
- Updates: Reduce wasted time by automatically requesting status updates and other information (32%).
Workers believe that automating these tasks will reduce wasted time (69%), eliminate human error (66%) and recover hours lost to manual, repetitive tasks that could be automated (59%).
Too expensive you say? Too big of an effort to make it happen? Not necessarily...